Smoking 273, opinions?

The witness marks,IMO, do not support that

I have never changed the gaskets, I’m chasing problems that have manifested after buying the car. The bolts were good and snug none were loose. The gaskets were definitely the larger port 340/360 gaskets because I bought the wrong size to replace these, I bought felpro 1213’s and it needs 1243’s, 1243’s ports are 2.09x1.05 versus 2.27x1.16 on the 1213’s. Also, the corks were used and the pins were removed and there were no leaks on the ends.

Oh well, another trip down to summit to swap the gaskets.